Todd Quartararo

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  www.coastmagazine.com/Coast-Magazine/April-2008/Newport - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/27/2008    Last Visited: 3/27/2008  

  ack in 1999, when Todd Quartararo and Gregg Schwenk, two ambitious, movie-loving, self-admitted naivetés, founded the Newport Beach Film Festival, they could barely get a phone call returned and felt lucky to fill a small banquet room for the opening night gala.
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  But two men, Todd Quartararo, owner of Q&A Marketing, and Gregg Schwenk, a successful investment banker, who had done volunteer work for that festival, believed in the concept too much to call cut.
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  It was important to us not to miss a year," says Quartararo.
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  need to do is get great films and let the public know about it.' It was a simple idea," says Quartararo.The pair got a modest office and bought two simple computers and declared a festival."Then reality hit and the submissions came rolling in," says Quartararo.
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  "I called to tell the filmmaker we needed to see the paperwork on that," says Quartararo.The filmmaker never got back to him.But rest assured, examples like that are automatic declines.
  
  Ever get angry calls from rejected filmmakers?Oh yeah… but because they have such respect for the time that goes into even a cinematic 10-car pile-up, Quartararo and Schwenk offer to let them speak to a programmer who actually watched their film."We take our obligation seriously," says Quartararo.
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  As Quartararo says, "Crash made the phone calls really easy."Which is probably why they were able to follow that up with the West Coast premier of The Illusionist and last year corralled indie favorite Waitress.But what has also helped is the proliferation of shows displaying the OC to the world.Shows like "The OC," "Arrested Development," "Laguna Beach," and the film Orange County have put Orange County on the map."We don't get ‘Where's that?' any more," says Quartararo.
  
  Are the filmmakers on hand?
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  "That will be a great family night," says Quartararo.
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  Every so often you had a DVD from the guys who are really pushing the envelope," says Quartararo."Now it's been at least two years since we got a VHS tape."Another telling sign is the festival's own commercial, which runs before movies in theaters."I used to drive from theater to theater to physically clip it on to the films with the projectionist," says Quartararo.
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  "But it is getting easier," says Quartararo, "because the festival is getting bigger, and also because our area is so desirable.

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  www.mediaallianceoc.org/Press/About%20the%202005%20Newp - [Cached Version]
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  NBFF Contact: Todd Quartararo
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  For further information please contact: Gregg Schwenk, Executive Director NBFF or Todd Quartararo, Marketing Director, > tquartararo@newportbeachfilmfest.com > This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it >

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  Media Alliance Orange County - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/28/2004    Last Visited: 5/1/2006  

  NBFF Contact: Todd Quartararo
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  For further information please contact: Gregg Schwenk, Executive Director NBFF or Todd Quartararo, Marketing Director, > This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

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  Newport Beach Film Festival - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/20/2007    Last Visited: 8/20/2007  

  Todd Quartararo, DirectorTQuartararo@NewportBeachFilmFest.com (949) 253-2880

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  Newport Beach Film Festival - [Cached Version]
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  Todd Quartararo, DirectorMarketing/Public Relations

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  Q&A - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/20/2008    Last Visited: 3/20/2008  

  Todd QuartararoPrincipal Todd Quartararo has more than 14 years of public relations experience and founded Quartararo & Associates (Q&A) in 1997.Before starting Q&A, he worked on national accounts at Bozell Worldwide, Foote Cone & Belding, and Alcone Marketing Group.Quartararo brings his account experience along with an entertainment, fitness and lifestyle focus to Q&A.He has worked with clients ranging from Action Sports Retailer to Sprint PCS.Quartararo received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge and is the recipient of several national and international awards for his work for the Newport Beach Film Festival.He also was named 8th-best break-dancer at Lakeside Middle School.

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  Teen comedy film paints 'Orange County' lily-white - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/10/2002    Last Visited: 1/10/2002  

  "I find it extremely disappointing that they didn't film any of it in O.C.," said Todd Quartararo, marketing director for the Newport Beach Film Festival."Certainly a lot of films do shoot here.There are amazing backdrops here."
  
  A lifelong Orange County resident, Quartararo has noticed through his festival work that local audiences come in all colors.
  
  "Orange County has one of the largest Latino populations in the nation," he said."We have an extremely diverse Asian community, and a very significant Persian and Middle-Eastern community.The days of O.C. being this white- bread, WASPy area (are) something of the past."

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  The 2006 Newport Beach Film Festival Announces Action... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/18/2006    Last Visited: 4/18/2006  

  The Festival offers action sports enthusiasts and filmgoers of all ages a unique opportunity to experience cutting-edge adventure on the big screen," stated Todd Quartararo, the Festival's co founder and director of marketing.

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  The 2006 Newport Beach Film Festival announces Action... - [Cached Version]
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  The Festival offers action sports enthusiasts and filmgoers of all ages a unique opportunity to experience cutting-edge adventure on the big screen," stated Todd Quartararo, the Festival's co founder and Learn high-end directing technique with Hollywood Camera Work 6 DVD set');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>director of marketing.

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  Wild West Media - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/29/2004    Last Visited: 10/15/2004  

  Known as the Newport Beach Premiere Cinema Guild, the organization's first event was a screening of the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, which netted "a few thousand dollars," says festival marketing director Todd Quartararo."The efforts she is going through to help out is phenomenal," he adds.
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  Quartararo says more than 100 short films and more than 50 feature-length movies are scheduled for screenings during the festival.Those films were culled from the 400 to 500 films generally submitted for the event, he says.Film festivals around the world operate in much the same way, Quartararo says.
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  Quartararo says this year festival organizers plan to transfer all short films onto a digital format rather than the traditional 16mm or 35mm film."Eventually old celluloid film will be outdated.Going digital makes it easier for us and for the filmmaker," he says.Additionally, quality is often better on digital movies than onfilm, he says.

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